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| English or Dutch, Dutch or English? The debate is still on fire, especially after the minister of education participated in a Parliament debate on the internationalisation of higher education last Thursday. Another topic that keeps resurfacing is stress among students: a new study by Trimbos Institute has shed some light on that. Last but not least, two insightful discussions –one about ChatGPT, the other one about excessive phone use – were held on DUB's brand new podcast. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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‘Dare to be by yourself for a change’
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| Podcast - Spending more than six hours a day on your phone, most of them on social media. Does that make you an addict? If so, how can you change? Here is a summary, in English, of the second episode of DUB's student podcast. Read more
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| Self-help book aims to make stressed-out PhD candidates happier
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| Psychiatrist Joeri Tijdink specialises in the wellbeing of the academic community. He has recently released a self-help book teaching PhD candidates how to survive the rigours of academia. Read more
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‘There is no shortage of rooms, even with an increased number of students’
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| Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons are rush hour in the university's buildings but on other days of the week, there’s still space. It’s not necessary to construct or rent any additional buildings, says UU. Read more
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Distinguished Professor criticises UU's New Utrecht School manifesto
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| Last year, 48 scientists and administrators from UU published a book called "The New Utrecht School". Distinguished Professor Willem Koops calls the publication a superficial manifesto. Read more
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English-taught programmes: what is the situation?
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| Hold on, will all Bachelor's programmes soon have to be taught in Dutch? A debate in the Dutch Parliament has led to a host of misunderstandings in the national press. Read more
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| Stricter rules for English-taught programmes are on the way
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| The Dutch Parliament held yet another debate on the internationalisation of higher education. The Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf, was there to clarify his plans. Read more
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'Other EU members should work to attract more international students'
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| Other EU member states ought to offer more English-taught degrees, writes the Dutch Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf, in a letter to the European Commission. Read more
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Minister of Education: 'We can't do much about English-taught programmes yet'
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| Dijkgraaf admitted that the government didn't mean for so many degree programmes to be offered in English. However, he explained to critics that there is little he can do now to revert the situation. Read more
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| Pop-O-Matic is an institution in Utrecht. On Saturday, June 23, the party is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Ready to have a blast? DUB is giving away two pairs of tickets to enjoy the celebration at TivoliVredenburg. Click on the picture above to learn how to participate.
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'It feels as though your college debt is constantly following you'
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| After an eight-year absence, the government's student allowance is coming back again. But an entire generation of students was forced to contract significant debt. How does this affect their lives? Read more
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| Students more and more stressed out but they're not talking about it
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| Everybody says that students these days feel stressed out due to all the pressure to perform. Trimbos Institute carried out a study on the matter and found out that all the media attention isn't actually helping. Read more
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| 'Make use of it and become an expert'
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| Podcast - ChatGPT has started a real revolution but it is far from perfect. While the university struggles to decide whether it should allow students and lecturers to use ChatGPT at all, DUB's podcast discusses what this all means for students. Read more
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Seventy-five percent of UCU students’ fines waived
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| Many students at University College Utrecht are breathing a sigh of relief as they do not have to pay for damage to the rooms they occupied in the previous year, so they can get their deposit back. Read more
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| Disposable coffee cups to become more expensive at UU
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| As of July 1, students will be paying 25 cents for a disposable cup at UU's coffee machines. That's 10 cents more than the current price. From January 1 there will be no disposable coffee cups at all. Read more
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| ‘If everybody swaps clothes, they'll always have something new’
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| Free clothes! Doesn't that sound great? It did for the sixty or so students who visited the little second-hand clothing market the Green Office organised in the Botanic Gardens. Read more
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| End Fossil: Occupy confronts UU once more
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| Speeches, a theatre production, and a letter. These are the ingredients used by End Fossil: Occupy (EFO) to react to the answer given by the university's Executive Board to the demands they made while they occupied the Minnaert building in May. Read more
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| On July 17, the symphony orchestra Utrecht Student Concert is celebrating its second centenary. To mark this very special occasion, they are going to perform the modern opera Doctor Atomic at the Werkspoor Cathedral. Feel like going? Here is how to score two free tickets.
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KNAW: let's find out how to stay healthy amidst a climate crisis
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| The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences wants more funding for the field of planetary health: interdisciplinary research into the effects of environmental changes on public health. Read more
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Extra millions for safety in higher education
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| A special programme to improve social safety at higher education institutions is in the works. A sum of 16 million euros has been earmarked. There will be stricter laws and rules as well, announced Robbert Dijkgraaf. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: Where is lunch better: UU or HU? | UU student writes book about sex.
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